Earlier this year, Pat Elflein couldn’t lift anything heavier than a quart of milk. Today in Atlanta, the Ohio State senior won the Rimington Trophy, given to the best center in college football. Elflein is the first Buckeye to win a national positional award since cornerback Malcolm Jenkins won the Jim Thorpe Award in 2008.

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The Big Ten was widely regarded as the best conference in college football this season, and on Thursday, Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett was recognized as one of its top two stars, being named winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Silver Football award along with Penn State running back Saquon Barkley. “It’s a tremendous honor,” Barrett said.

Ohio State coach Geoff Carlston has heard it all about Friday's NCAA women's volleyball regional semifinal match at Wisconsin. He knows his team lost both matches to the Badgers in three-game sweeps during the regular season, and is quick to deride the theory that it is difficult for one team to beat its opponent three matches in a row. But if his team were to win this match against a team that it hasn’t beaten since September 2015, would it feel like revenge?

No. 4 Ohio State rolled to a 30-9 win over No. 5 Missouri, with Kyle Snyder ending the meet with a pin of the Tigers' Austin Myers in his first appearance at St. John Arena since winning gold at the Olympics in August. The Buckeyes won seven of the 10 matches, including five bonus-point wins.